Fruit-clipper.



BEST AVAILABLE COP' PATENTED APR. 24, 1906.

H. H. PETTY. FRUIT CLIPPER. APPLICATION FILED MAY 31, 1905.

wiine'sses J 7 A M Serial No. 255,319, file 0. than the former c BEST AVAlLABLE coP "UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD H. PETTY, OF POMONA, GALIFo FRUIT-CLIPPER.

x 1' all whom 125 may concern:

fie it known that I, HOWARD H. PETTY', a iti enofthe United States, residing at Pomom, n the county of Los Angeles, State of 5 C lif a, have invented a new and useful Safety Fr ult Clipper, of which the following is a specifi ion This inv'finllml elates to the class of fruitclippers shown in my application for patent, April 13, 1905, in which the fruit-clipper comprises two pivotally-connected members provided with bowlshaped jaw means.

An object of the present invention is-to I 5 provide a fruit-clipper of this class having advantages as follows, viz: The handles and one of the jaws may be made of cast or wrought iron or other comparatively inexpensive material, and one of the jaws may be made from well-tempered steel and can be manufactured in quantities by drop-forging or by other inexpensive methods, so that the clipper may have a cuttir.gblade of superior character and yet be produced at a low 2 5 cost. Another advantage is that the new clipper does not require so stifi aspring to hold the jaws 0 en as was require in the former clipper. other advantage is that the new -.clipper can be 0 erated with greater ease In the new clippdi' one jaw or blade is fixed to one handle, and the other jaw or blade is ivoted thereon and operated by a lever orming the other handle and pivotally con- 3 5 nected with the pivoted jaw or blade.

The new clipper has a bowl-shaped jaw or blade having an opening in it to receive the stem of an orange and has another bowlshaped jaw or blade pivoted in the first-men- 4o tioned jaw or blade concentrically therewith.

The first-mentioned jaw or blade is fixed to one handle, and the pivoted blade is operated by the other handle, being pivotally engaged thereby, said handles being normally held apart at their free ends to hold the blades in osition to receive the stem of the orange or other fruit which is to be clipped.

The accompanying drawings illustrate the invention.

Figure 1 is a top view of the clipper with its jaws open. 'Fi 2 is a bottom view of the same with the aws 1partially closed. Fig. 3 is a top view with t e cutting-j aw and its Specification of Letters Patent.

' cleft bowl-sha Patented April 24., 1906.

Application filed May 31,1905. Serial No. 263,004.

' i t d fig. 4 is a section on line indicated by x x g- 2. s5

1 i h i ndle 2, a cleft, concave, or

b lh p d j or'blade fixed thereon having a Segmental opening or notch 3 therein to receive the stem of the fruit. 4 is a concave I or bowl-shaped jaw or blade pivoted in said fixedj aw or blade concentrically therewith by means of a ivot 5, which ispreferab ly a screw, so that t e 'aw or blade 4 is detachable from the jaw or blade 2. 6 is the operatinghandle, pivoted on the first-named main handle 1 and operating the pivoted jaw or blade 4 by being pivotally connected therewith. The pivotal connection shown consists in a ball and-socket joint, the ball 7 being on the handle 6 and the socket 8 being in the edge of the pivoted blade 4.

9 is a screw which pivots the handles toether, and 10 the usual spring construction or normally holding the jaws open, as shown in Fig. .1.

In ractice the jaw or blade 4 can be made cheap y, and when one blade becomes dulled anot er can be substituted in its place at a nominal cost, thus doing away with the necessity of sharpening the blades from time to time as they become dulled.

The bottom of the fixed blade 2 is convex to fit into the cup around the stem of the fruit, thus allowing said stem to be clipped within the plane of the rim of such cup.

I claim 1. A fruit-clip er com rising a handle, 2.

ed jawor lade fixed thereon, a bowl-sha e jaw or blade pivoted in the bowl of sai fixed jaw or blade and a handle pivoted on the first-named handle and operating the pivoted jaw or blade.

2. A fruit-clipper com rising a handle, a bowl-shaped jaw'or bladb fixed thereon, a bowl-shaped jaw or blade pivoted in the bowl 9 5 of said fixed jaw or blade and a handle pivoted to the first-named handle and connected by a ball-and-soczket joint with the pivoted jaw or blade.

3. A clipper comprising two bowl-sha ed members, each provided with a cutting e ge, one of said members being pivotally mounted within the other member to enable relative pivotal movement of the cutting edges, and operating means connected to the respective IO 5 members.

A pp pfising a boW1-shaped member haw-11g notch rovided With a cutting edge: pe member pivoted in the aforesald member d id d ith a 5 cuttlng edge and p lingj-handle means opgratlvely connected to the respective ers.

BESTAVAlLABLE co?" In testimony whereof I'have hereunto-set my hand, at Los Angeles, California, this 20th I day of May, 1905. I HOWARD H. PETTY. In presence of JAMES R. TOWNSEND,

JULIA TOWNSEND. 

